The world's biggest Christ was struck by lightning

[The_Professor]

Amazing moment the world's biggest Christ was struck by lightning
Last updated at 12:05pm on 12th February 2008
 
This amazing photograph gives whole new meaning to the phrase "May God strike me with lightning if ..."

Rio de Janeiro's world-famous statue of Christ the Redeemer was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm over the Brazilian city on Sunday.



The statue - which towers over the city as the largest statue of Christ in the world - did not appear too damaged after the strike, according to Brazilian reports.

The statue stands 39.6 metres (130ft) tall, is made of 700 tons of reinforced concrete, and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,296ft) Corcovado mountain overlooking the city.

It was named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in 2007.

Sunday's lightning storm felled trees and wreaked havoc in several Rio neighbourhoods.

[Lanya]

I knew this story reminded me of another story I had seen months ago:

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_5944929?source%3Dpoll.3AC27EC5B8BA9A6FF6D40C6A78375503.html



Not doing the image insert right, but anyway, it's a very big statue in Golden, Colorado that got struck by lightning and some marble was broken off.
http://www.denverpost.com/portlet/article/html/imageDisplay.jsp?contentItemRelationshipId=1530596

[Brassmask]

Why does God hate Jesus?

Or is this something to do with false idols and such?

[kimba1]

more like location
if anything it should of been hit a long time ago
being so high and all
maybe the fact concrete is a poor conductor delayed it till now

[The_Professor]

Why does God hate Jesus?

Or is this something to do with false idols and such?

Nope, God only looked with distaste upon Christ one time.

[Xavier_Onassis]

I would imagine that it gets hit fairly often, but this time, there was a photo, and it was a major strike.